US Department of Energy, Albuquerque Operations Office, Contracts and Procurement Division, PO Box 5400, Albuquerque, NM 87185-5400

H -- SUPPORT SERVICES FOR NUCLEAR EXPLOSIVES SYSTEM SAFETY STUDIES/SURVEYS SOL DE-RP04-96AL89506 DUE 112795 POC Daniel J. Saiz, (505) 845-4225, Contract Specialist, Eusebio M. Espinosa, (505) 845-5809, Contracting Officer. The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), Albuquerque Operations Office(AL), intends to award a support service contract to provide technical support to the Nuclear Explosive Safety Division (NESD). The contractor will assist the DOE's oversight of nuclear explosive safety responsibilities. The proposed level of effort contract will be of a basic period of three years with two one-year options. All options will be negotiated at the time the basic contract is negotiated. Technical support encompasses assisting NESD staff prepare for DOE and DOD studies by researching NES issues and recommending courses of action, researching weapon design historical information with emphasis on nuclear explosive safety design features and their evaluation, preparing background material for NESD management, assisting NESD staff in the preparation of NES study reports, assisting NESD staff prepare NES procedures, standards, and guides, assisting NESD staff prepare for NES appraisals, and evaluating required and recurrent NES training for new DOE employees and current NESD staff. DOE Orders and AL Supplemental Directives 5610.10 and 5610.11 require Nuclear Explosive Safety Study (NESS) groups to evaluate all operations on or involving nuclear explosives while in DOE custody. DOE Order and AL Supplemental Directive 5610.13 and the DOD Directive (DODD) 3150.2 require Nuclear Weapons Systems Safety (NWSS) groups to evaluate all operations on nuclear weapon systems in DOD possession. These evaluations assure that there are positive measures (1) to prevent nuclear explosives/weapons involved in accidents from generating a nuclear yield, (2) to prevent the deliberate unauthorized prearming, arming, launching, firing, releasing or detonating of a nuclear explosive, (3) to prevent the accidental or inadvertent prearming, arming, launching, firing, releasing or detonating of a nuclear explosive, and, (4) to assure adequate security to prevent unauthorized access to a nuclear explosive/weapon. Also, DOE Order 5610.11 requires that nuclear explosives, while in the custody of DOE, must be evaluated to assure positive measures are in place to prevent dispersal of plutonium. The responsibility for implementing the AL NES program has been assigned to NESD. NESD schedules, coordinates, and chairs NESS group meetings on nuclear explosive operations under the cognizance of AL and represent AL at NESS groups evaluating nuclear explosive operations conducted by Nevada Operations. Because of the accelerated schedule for nuclear explosive dismantlement mandated by National policy which is currently fully loading Departmental nuclear explosive safety manpower, NESD will not be able to support the number of NES reviews and provide the required documented NES recommendations without the assistance of a trained and qualified technical support contractor. Absence of this support may impact mandated nuclear explosives disposition schedules. NESD proposes to use the technical support contractor to assist AL NESS group members prepare for NESS group meetings and minimize the time required to prepare the subsequent reports and supporting documentation. All responsible sources should submit their qualification documentation not later than 30 days from publication. This award will be 100% set aside for small business. The SIC number is 8741 and the size standard is $3.5 million. Only written responses to this notice will be accepted and should be addressed to the point of contact, Daniel J. Saiz, at the address listed above or faxed to (505) 845-4210. All questions will need to be followed in writing to Daniel J. Saiz at the address listed above. Responses to this notice should reference Control No. 96-12. Numbered Note 1. See Numbered Note(s): 1. (0022)

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